glycoside.
Dosage Bark—3—5 g powder. (CCRAS.)
Spathodea campanulata Beauv.
Family Bignoniaceae.
620 Spergularia rubra (Linn.) J. Persi & C. Persi.
Habitat Native to tropical Africa. Grown as a avenue tree, in Coffee estates for shade.
English Syringe tree, Fountain tree, African Tulip tree.
Siddha/Tamil Patadi.
Folk Ruugatuuraa.
Action Bark—decoction given for dysentery, gastro-intestinal and renal ailments. Pulverized bark applied to skin diseases. Leaves— infusion administered for urethral inflammation.
The stem bark gave oleanolic and siaresinolic acids. The bark yields small quantities of tannin. Leaves gave caffeic and chlorogenic acids, quercetin3-galactoside. Flowers gave malvidin and pelargonidin diglycoside.
An aqueous alcoholic extract of the leaves and the hexane and chloroform extracts of stem bark showed antimalarial activity.
Spergularia rubra
(Linn.) J. Persi & C. Persi.
Synonym Spergula rubra D. Dietr. Family Caryophylaceae.
Habitat Native to Southern France and Malta; found in Punjab and
Western Uttar Pradesh.
English Sand-Spurry, Sandwort, Arenaria Rubra.
Action Diuretic. Used in cystitis and urethral colic, dysuria and
urinary calculi.
Spermacoce hispida Linn.
Synonym Borreria articularis
(Linn. f.) F.N. Williams.
Borreria hispida (L.) K. Schum.
Spermacoce articularis L. f. Family Rubiaceae.
Habitat The Himalaya, from Simla westwards to Assam and southwards to Kanyakumari.
Ayurvedic Madana Ghanti. Siddha/Tamil Nellichoori.
Action Leaves—an extract is given as an astringent in haemorrhoids and gall stones. Seeds—
